LEESBURG, Va. — The ASE Education Foundation has signed on several industry partners to support its automotive career development and workplace exposure projects with students nationwide in an effort to develop a future workforce.
The new partners are ALLDATA, Auto Care Alliance, Automotive Lift Institute, Collision Repair Education Foundation, Goodheart Willcox, Hertz, ExxonMobil, Noregon and Permatex.
They join the list of returning partners who include: ACDelco, Acura, ASA, ATech Training, Audi, BMW, Bridgestone Americas, CarMax, CARQUEST, CCAR, CDK Global, CDX, Cengage, Electude, Federated/Pronto, FedEx, Ford Motor Co., Garage Gurus, Gates Corp., General Motors, HDA Truck Pride, Honda, Isuzu Truck, Lexus, Mack Truck, Mercedes Benz, Motor Age, NADA, NAPA, Navistar, Nissan, NTB, PepsiCo, Porsche, Ryder, S/P2, SkillsUSA, Snap-on Inc., Stellantis, Subaru, TA Petro, TechForce Foundation, Tire Kingdom, Toyota, UPS, Volvo Truck, Volkswagen and WD-40.
"We want to thank all of our industry partners who step up year in and year out to provide much appreciated support for the ASE Education Foundation," President Mike Coley said.
"Our partners are the backbone of the foundation and continue to provide us with their expertise and needed resources to implement our programs. They will be instrumental as we expand our new Adopt-A-School program, implement new registered apprenticeships and increase diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in the coming year," he said.
"We are proud to join forces with these fine organizations and leverage their vast experience in order to recruit, nurture and inspire the next generation of service professionals."